Top 23 Berlin Techno Artists of All Time

Berlin became the world capital of techno after reunification, with Berghain at its centre. These are the artists who defined and continue to define the hard, uncompromising Berlin techno sound.

1. 1
   Ben Klock

   Berghain resident DJ known for precise, focused mixing and cold, hypnotic techno that defines the Berlin sound.
   1000pts
2. 2
   Marcel Dettmann

   Berghain resident and MDR label founder known for deep, industrial-tinged, brooding techno.
   954pts
3. 3
   Kobosil

   Young Berlin DJ known for powerful, rave-influenced techno at Berghain and international festivals.
   719pts
4. 4
   Sascha Funke

   Berlin producer of melancholic minimal techno on BPitch Control and Kompakt, best known for the 2008 album Mango.
   694pts
5. 5
   Modeselektor

   Berlin duo Gernot Bronsert and Sebastian Szary, founders of the Monkeytown and 50 Weapons labels and one half of Moderat.
   694pts
6. 6
   Paul Kalkbrenner

   East Berlin-born producer who starred in the 2008 film Berlin Calling, whose anthem Sky and Sand made him a festival headliner.
   694pts
7. 7
   Answer Code Request

   Berlin-based Japanese producer Tsuyoshi Takeda known for precise, polyrhythmic techno on Ostgut Ton.
   642pts
8. 8
   Tanith

   One of Berlin's first techno DJs, a fixture of the UFO club, early Tresor and the Love Parade after the fall of the Wall.
   642pts
9. 9
   Thomas Fehlmann

   Swiss-born Berlin producer who linked the city with Detroit through 3MB with Moritz von Oswald and later joined The Orb.
   642pts
10. 10
    Function

    American-born, Berlin-based producer and DJ David Sumner known for his dark, architectural approach to techno.
    582pts
11. 11
    Ellen Allien

    Berlin DJ and producer who rose through the early Tresor scene and founded the influential BPitch Control label in 1999.
    582pts
12. 12
    Len Faki

    Berlin-based DJ known for blending hard-edged rave influences with Berghain's severe aesthetic.
    513pts
13. 13
    Basic Channel

    Moritz von Oswald and Mark Ernestus, the Berlin duo behind the Hard Wax shop circle whose 1990s records invented dub techno.
    434pts
14. 14
    Dr. Motte

    Berlin DJ Matthias Roeingh, who founded the Love Parade in 1989 and turned it into the world's biggest techno street party.
    342pts
15. 15
    Objekt

    Berlin-based artist TJ Hertz known for multidimensional club music drawing on techno and UK bass sounds.
    342pts
16. 16
    Blawan

    British artist based in Berlin known for harsh, industrial sounds and his Ternesc label.
    342pts
17. 17
    Rebekah

    British DJ based in Berlin known for gritty, industrial-influenced techno and her Deconstruct label.
    342pts
18. 18
    Ricardo Villalobos

    Chilean-born, Berlin-based minimal techno pioneer famed for marathon sets at Panorama Bar and the landmark 2003 album Alcachofa.
    342pts
19. 19
    Monika Kruse

    Berlin-based techno DJ who founded the Terminal M label in 2000 and has played the city's biggest clubs and the Love Parade.
    233pts
20. 20
    Paula Temple

    British producer based in Germany known for harsh, industrial noise-techno and her Noise Manifesto label.
    233pts
21. 21
    Shed

    Berlin producer Rene Pawlowitz who bridges techno, dubstep, and electro in a highly regarded style.
    233pts
22. 22
    Rodhad

    Berlin DJ known for deep, hypnotic techno and his Dystopian label.
    0pts
23. 23
    WestBam

    Berlin DJ Maximilian Lenz, co-founder of the Low Spirit label and the Mayday raves, whose anthems soundtracked the Love Parade era.
    0pts

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